Just My Type – Pattern testing with a twist

Two of my favourite bloggy friends, Erin and Gina, have been asking me about doing a paper pieced alphabet. I told Gina this morning that I’d give it some thought and maybe have a go at a few letters today as I had a home day planned.

So it turns out that a few letters actually means 52 in Quiet Play language. I did both upper case and lower case. And boy do I have a cramp in my hand from all that mouse clicking!

But I am thrilled with how they turned out! I wanted a typewriter looking font. So here it is.

“Just My Type”

These patterns will be available in my Craftsy shop sometime soon, but first they need to be tested. But how to test them?!

Well! Erin to the rescue! She is the most awesome idea generator and sounding board. She suggested having pattern testers use the alphabets to make encouraging words (like love, joy, faith etc) which can be sent to me to be made into a charity quilt. Isn’t that a fab idea?!

So here’s what the deal is. I’m looking for pattern testers for my paper pieced alphabet. I have a list of words which include all the letters of the alphabet (thanks to the Wombat Stew gals for their help with these – otherwise we were going with Jane’s original idea – "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. )



How cool is this word cloud? I made it with this ridiculously fun website called Wordle.

So back to the pattern testing. There’s the twist. It’s a bit more than regular pattern testing. You will need to make the test blocks and commit to posting them to me (by the middle of February at the lastest) to be made into a charity quilt.

I’m looking for the blocks to be made with stark white backgrounds, and the letters of the word all in the same bright print/solid of your choosing. Each letter pattern makes a 5” block to give you an idea of the size. I’m thinking of making two quilts so need two testers per word if possible (one upper case, one lower case) – so that tests all my blocks and makes for some lovely donation quilts. Two birds, one stone, all that.

So interested? Drop me an email (kristyqp (at) gmail.com) or leave me a comment.
Let me know your top three favourite words you would like to make and if you would rather do upper case or lower case. First in, best dressed. Please only join in if you’re certain you can commit to getting the blocks done in time.

Let me know if you have any questions! Hope you love this idea as much as I do!
(And a big thank you to my Wombats and bloggy gals for being great sounding boards, helping with ideas, and for putting up with me in general!!)  

UPDATE: Thanks for the great response so far! I will be sending out patterns/words very soon! For those still interested in joining in, the words still to be claimed are:

Uppercase: Happiness, Relax, Faith, Patience, Beauty, Harmony, Quilt

Lowercase: Hug, Patience, Comfort, Beauty, Amaze